Constitution Act Amendment Act of 1890 (NSW)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO QUARTO

VICTORIAE REGINAE.

No. I.

An Act to reduce t he propor t ion of M e m b e r s

of t he Legis la t ive Council requi red to form

a Quorum. [10th July, 1S90.J

BE it enacted by the Queen 's Mos t Exce l l en t Majesty , by and wi th
t h e advice and consent of t he Legislat ive Council and Legis­ by the a u t h o r i t y of t h e same, as follows :—

la t ive	Assembly of N e w South Wales in P a r l i a m e n t assembled, and
1. Af ter the pass ing of th is A c t wherever in the e igh th section

A No. I I .

of t h e A c t of t h e I m p e r i a l Legis la ture , e igh teen th and n ine teen th

Victoria chap te r fifty-four (commonly k n o w n as t h e " Const i tut ion

A c t " ) , t h e expression " o n e - t h i r d " occurs t he expression " o n e - f o u r t h "

shall be subs t i tu ted and read ; and where in t he said section t h e word

" t h r e e " occurs t h e word " four" shall i n l ike m a n n e r be subs t i tu ted

and read, to t h e i n t en t t h a t t he q u o r u m of t h e Legis la t ive Council n o w prescribed b y law should be one-fourth instead of one-third of

t h e Member s of t he said Counci l , exclus ive of the Pres ident .

2. This A c t m a y b e cited as t he " Cons t i tu t ion A c t A m e n d m e n t

A c t of 1890 ."